Police seeking more possible victims after Alexandria man's arrest

Here are mugshots received from Central Louisiana law enforcement agencies for the week of July 10, 2017 . A criminal charge is a formal accusation that someone has committed a crime. All those pictured are innocent until proven guilty. To view those held in Rapides Parish detention facilities, go to www.rpso.org/inmates/all.
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A man found hiding behind a clothing rack filming a woman now is facing charges, and police are seeking other possible victims.

The Alexandria Police Department got a complaint on Monday from a business within the Alexandria Mall about a man who was hiding behind racks and filming a woman, reads a release. The man told responding officers that he wanted to be a reporter.

Detectives got a search warrant for the man's phone, finding more than 150 videos that showed women in public places. "By finding clues in different videos, detectives were able to identify several of the women in the videos and contact them," reads the release.

With victim statements and the videos, detectives got an arrest warrant for 44-year-old Eric Grimble of Alexandria. He was found at his home Friday afternoon and arrested, booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on seven counts of video voyeurism.

Now the department is asking for the public's help in finding any other possible victims. The videos appear to have been shot within the past six months in public spaces like Walmarts, Target, the Alexandria Mall and the Alexandria Zoo, as well as other spots inside stores or parking lots.

Anyone who recognizes Grimble and thinks they may have been videoed is asked to call the department's public information officer at 318-441-6420.